A few recent Northern Rhones

[John_Morris]

[*]2009 Domaine Duclaux Côte-Rôtie Maison Rouge - France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie (11/21/2021)
This bottle showed much different - and better - than the first, and in fact it’s hard for me to believe they are the same wine. The first bottle was a dark, dense, modern oaky mess; this is nicely aged Côte-Rôtie, albeit with fairly pronounced oak imprint. Pretty good wine but it’s not my style.

What and when was the first bottle you’re comparing this to?

[Zachary_Ross]

[*]2009 Domaine Duclaux Côte-Rôtie Maison Rouge - France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie (11/21/2021)
This bottle showed much different - and better - than the first, and in fact it’s hard for me to believe they are the same wine. The first bottle was a dark, dense, modern oaky mess; this is nicely aged Côte-Rôtie, albeit with fairly pronounced oak imprint. Pretty good wine but it’s not my style.

What and when was the first bottle you’re comparing this to?

Thread here: https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3353243#p3353243

I bought a lot of 4 bottles of this wine and have opened two now. There’s bottle variation and there’s bottle variation, and what we have here is bottle variation!